RE: [WISPA] Anyone in the NJ area that knows Canopy ?

2005-12-21 Thread Rick Smith

For ?   Going to Moto ?  Beginning to believe that...

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Moldashel
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:04 AM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] Anyone in the NJ area that knows Canopy ?

Serve's ya right!  :-P

-B-

Rick Smith wrote:

Wanna have lunch ?  I'll take ya on a tour of my network.

I'd like to have someone else come take a look at the stuff I'm pullin my hair 
out on with Canopy.

All I get from Tech Support is We don't support NLOS at 8 miles

WELLL...  I can SEE the tower... I've got 99% LOS No connection...


For these lists, A little history:

I've got a tower in northern NJ, canopy AP / omni installed at top, 200'.  
Nothing obstructing.  Running on 918mhz.   Veritcal omni
from pac wireless - od9-11.

Pretty clear survey (very little noise)

At 8 miles out, is my father's house, and a tower we're renting space on soon. 
(Big ole ATT monster).

I cannot, for the LIFE of me, get a successful connection to either of those 
places, with a canopy SM and 15dbi yagi.   Very little
noise at the SM end, as well.

I've been around and around with canopy techs, and all they keep claiming is 
Oh, this is near / non line of sight ?   Forget it.
We're not allowed to waste our time on that because it's not supported

I've been a long time Trango user, and a connection like this in Trango 
experience is a SLAM dunk.When saying that to canopy
techs, I get we're not allowed to comment on third party gear and I reply 
I'm not asking you to, I'm asking you to explain why
CANOPY gear sucks this bad!  hehe.

Is trango just that much better at dealing with fresnel incursion, or trees, 
or whatever ?   When canopy techs are asked why I
can't get a connection at 8 miles through 2 saplings, they say because NLOS 
situations are test and see situations.  Some will work
and some won't.  OK, I can see that... But which WILL if these don't?

Anyhow, just wonderin if there's someone with canopy experience in my area 
that I could buy lunch / dinner...

R


  



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Re: [WISPA] Anyone in the NJ area that knows Canopy ?

2005-12-21 Thread Bob Moldashel
That should be working.  I know of several people doing this without a 
hitch on 900.  You definately have an issue (unless you have a different 
deffinition of sapling than I have!  :-)


I assume you already swapped subscribers???





Rick Smith wrote:


For ?   Going to Moto ?  Beginning to believe that...

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Moldashel
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:04 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Anyone in the NJ area that knows Canopy ?

Serve's ya right!  :-P

-B-

Rick Smith wrote:

 


Wanna have lunch ?  I'll take ya on a tour of my network.

I'd like to have someone else come take a look at the stuff I'm pullin my hair 
out on with Canopy.

All I get from Tech Support is We don't support NLOS at 8 miles

WELLL...  I can SEE the tower... I've got 99% LOS No connection...


For these lists, A little history:

I've got a tower in northern NJ, canopy AP / omni installed at top, 200'.  
Nothing obstructing.  Running on 918mhz.   Veritcal omni
   


from pac wireless - od9-11.
 


Pretty clear survey (very little noise)

At 8 miles out, is my father's house, and a tower we're renting space on soon. (Big 
ole ATT monster).

I cannot, for the LIFE of me, get a successful connection to either of those 
places, with a canopy SM and 15dbi yagi.   Very little
   


noise at the SM end, as well.
 


I've been around and around with canopy techs, and all they keep claiming is 
Oh, this is near / non line of sight ?   Forget it.
   


We're not allowed to waste our time on that because it's not supported
 


I've been a long time Trango user, and a connection like this in Trango 
experience is a SLAM dunk.When saying that to canopy
   


techs, I get we're not allowed to comment on third party gear and I reply 
I'm not asking you to, I'm asking you to explain why
CANOPY gear sucks this bad!  hehe.
 


Is trango just that much better at dealing with fresnel incursion, or trees, or 
whatever ?   When canopy techs are asked why I
   


can't get a connection at 8 miles through 2 saplings, they say because NLOS 
situations are test and see situations.  Some will work
and some won't.  OK, I can see that... But which WILL if these don't?
 


Anyhow, just wonderin if there's someone with canopy experience in my area that 
I could buy lunch / dinner...

R




   




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Re: [WISPA] DS3 to Ethernet Converters

2005-12-21 Thread David E. Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 http://stores.ebay.com/G4-Communications

Just remember, beware of power issues. For instance, the ones listed by
the above vendor want 48V telecom power, not standard 120VAC. I dunno
about the rest of you folks, but I don't have telecom wiring at, well, any
of my towers. And those 48V power rectifiers are a touch expensive (the
above vender lists 'em at $500 each). Oh, and BIG, big enough that they
wouldn't even fit in the outdoor enclosures I use.

David Smith
MVN.net
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Re: [WISPA] DS3 to Ethernet Converters

2005-12-21 Thread Bob Moldashel
You don't need rectifiers.  Just buy a 48 vdc brick supply.  there are 
tons of manufacturers making these.  less than $75.


-B-



David E. Smith wrote:


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 


http://stores.ebay.com/G4-Communications
   



Just remember, beware of power issues. For instance, the ones listed by
the above vendor want 48V telecom power, not standard 120VAC. I dunno
about the rest of you folks, but I don't have telecom wiring at, well, any
of my towers. And those 48V power rectifiers are a touch expensive (the
above vender lists 'em at $500 each). Oh, and BIG, big enough that they
wouldn't even fit in the outdoor enclosures I use.

David Smith
MVN.net
 




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Re: [WISPA] DS3 to Ethernet Converters

2005-12-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181

http://www.paradyne.com/products/DNE4500/

I've used their sdsl kids since '98 and the t-1 extenders (no router 
needed) since 2001 or so.  Maybe 2002.  They are the original Net to Net 
products.  Good stuff.


If anyone needs them I have two t-1 kits I'm no longer using.  Won't go 
cheap cause I don't mind keeping them for future stuff but.


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- Original Message - 
From: John Scrivner [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:14 PM
Subject: [WISPA] DS3 to Ethernet Converters


I just ordered 2 of those PCOM links. I will report how they do for us. I 
need some DS3 to Ethernet Converters. What is my best source on these?

Thanks,
Scriv

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[WISPA] Fw: [TVWHITESPACE] Noteworthy FCC PN and filing deadline

2005-12-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181

From another list a few of the board members are on.


Can someone take a look at this and see if they can come up with a filing? 
I can help but don't have time to do the whole thing.  I can probably also 
put you in touch with people that can help you with details/understanding of 
the issues.


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- Original Message - 
From: Michael Marcus To: 

Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:41 AM
Subject: [TVWHITESPACE] Noteworthy FCC PN and filing deadline


If you check the FCC OET website, there is a
sleeper there that may have a big impact on the whitespace proceeding:

12/16/05
Office of Engineering and Techology seeks comment on a Petition for Waiver 
of Part 74 of the Rules, filed by Nuclear Energy Institute and United Telcom 
Council.


PN: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-3216A1.pdf
Petition: 
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdfid_document=6518190717


Just in time for the holidays my former colleagues released this PN, perhaps 
hoping this group would miss it.


Comment Date: January 17, 2006
Reply Comment Date: January 30, 2006

The PN responds to an 7/20/05 petition from the nuclear power trade 
association, NEI, and the better known UTC asking for permission to use Part 
74 wireless 2 way systems in nuclear power plants.  Reading between the 
lines, one gets the impression that, like many of the wireless mikes, these 
systems have been used illegally for a while and they are now trying to 
legalize their de facto use.


The petition states on p. 14 (p. 18 of the Acrobat document) Accordingly, 
Petitioners contend that, today, there is no viable alternative equipment 
that would provide the requisite performance features necessary to assist in 
complying with the NRC’s
ALARA mandate.  There is no  discussion of why readily available Part 90 
equipment can not be used for this function.


Since what they are seeking if hands free wireless connectivity, it would 
appear that many Part 90 systems would meet their need and that Part 90 
licensing should be easy in the needed locations.  I suspect the part 74 
equipment is being used because it is cheaper or perhaps more readily 
available.


So why is this important?  The FCC has a habit of giving UHF TV spectrum use 
to special interests without ever looking at the issues in 04-186.  3 years 
ago there was a sweetheart deal to give Hollywood interests special UHF TV 
spectrum access.  See Section 74.870 if you missed it.


After a few more of such giveaways, there will either be no whitespace or it 
will be pockmarked with high priority special interests that should have 
been accomodated in Part 90.


I urge the TVWhitespace community to meet the January 17 filing date and 
tell the FCC that the petitioner has failed to justify why other 
alternatives are not available.  Alternatively, any access to TV spectrum 
should be limited to channels 14-20 - already encumbered by public safety 
sharing.


You may also wish to point out to FCC how the granting of this petition 
would complicate 04-186 proposals when there are other alternatives 
available for the petitioner.


Best wishes to all for a happy holiday!

Mike Marcus
www.marcus-spectrum.com

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RE: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-21 Thread G.Villarini
With the 12K you can put 2 38 ghz links and have lots of spare change

Gino A. Villarini, 
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www.aeronetpr.com
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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Brian Rohrbacher
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:34 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

Agreed, but if you can do it for 2 grand why spend 12?  If the ebay 
radios are reliable, then skip the fiber in my opinion.  Might as well 
take the 10 grand that is left over and install another 25 subs.  ;)

George wrote:

 I do not believe you laying fiber is at all a bad sign to your customers.
 You have been on the cutting edge of technology with wireless, why 
 would you not do the fiber to continue on with your cutting edge 
 technology deployment.

 It almost sounds like you believe wireless is better than fiber, but 
 we all know fiber/wireless is the end game.

 If you are fiber and wireless, you are the cutting edge leader.

 My opinion.

 George



 John Scrivner wrote:

 I need some feedback from the collective.  I am looking for a 
 backhaul radio link for my main tower. 5.8 Ghz is fully utilized at 
 this location. It is only a 1500 foot shot. I would like at least 50 
 meg full or 100 meg half duplex. I would like this solution to be 
 under $8K or so. 5.3 Ghz is pretty open here. Does a solution exist? 
 I can lay fiber for about $12K or so. I am considering doing that but 
 I think laying fiber for my main connection when I am a fixed 
 broadband wireless provider sends the wrong message to my potential 
 customers when Charter is going all over town selling fiber 
 connections. I welcome your feedback.
 Scriv




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RE: [WISPA] Anyone in the NJ area that knows Canopy ?

2005-12-21 Thread Rick Smith

Now there's a coupla good points...thanks Rich...

Swapping out the AP or Omni would be costly, so that's a last resort 
unfortunately. 

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rcomroe
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:28 AM
To: WISPA General List
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Your problem could well be multipath.  Canopy can be picky in that even with 
good signal if either end is suffering a high
reflectivity environment (multiple paths entering the antenna) you can forget 
it ... no link.

Your problem might be that that you're using an omni on your AP.  An omni has 
no rejection of reflected signals coming in from other
directions.  You say its 200 ft up, but are there tall buildings around?  The 
path between the SM and AP might be clear, but if
there's a reflective object behind thte AP or to one side it could cause no 
link because the Canopy AP is on an omni.  Canopy can
only use an omni in a reflectivity free environment.  This is pretty much a 
Canopy specific limitation.  Canopy's designed for
directive antennas on both sides to shield out reflections.  Use of an omni is 
limited to only suitable environments.

On the SM side, it could be a strong ground reflection.  While you're obviously 
pointing your SM yagi directly back at the AP, have
you tried tilting it up vertically (point above the AP, not directly at it).  
If you get linked by pointing the SM above the AP you
might be fighting a strong ground reflection near the SM.  If you're fighting 
signal quality degradation from a couple trees on the
SM side, try moving around.

Rich

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From: Rick Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 7:28 AM
Subject: RE: [WISPA] Anyone in the NJ area that knows Canopy ?


Oh yeah... Been through 4 SM's and even an AP that I converted to a SM...

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
Behalf Of Bob Moldashel
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:18 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Anyone in the NJ area that knows Canopy ?

That should be working.  I know of several people doing this without a hitch 
on 900.  You definately have an issue (unless you have
a different deffinition of sapling than I have!  :-)

I assume you already swapped subscribers???





Rick Smith wrote:

For ?   Going to Moto ?  Beginning to believe that...

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Bob Moldashel
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:04 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Anyone in the NJ area that knows Canopy ?

Serve's ya right!  :-P

-B-

Rick Smith wrote:



Wanna have lunch ?  I'll take ya on a tour of my network.

I'd like to have someone else come take a look at the stuff I'm pullin my 
hair out on with Canopy.

All I get from Tech Support is We don't support NLOS at 8 miles

WELLL...  I can SEE the tower... I've got 99% LOS No connection...


For these lists, A little history:

I've got a tower in northern NJ, canopy AP / omni installed at top, 200'. 
Nothing obstructing.  Running on 918mhz.   Veritcal
omni


from pac wireless - od9-11.


Pretty clear survey (very little noise)

At 8 miles out, is my father's house, and a tower we're renting space on 
soon. (Big ole ATT monster).

I cannot, for the LIFE of me, get a successful connection to either of 
those places, with a canopy SM and 15dbi yagi.   Very
little


noise at the SM end, as well.


I've been around and around with canopy techs, and all they keep claiming 
is Oh, this is near / non line of sight ?   Forget it.


We're not allowed to waste our time on that because it's not supported


I've been a long time Trango user, and a connection like this in Trango 
experience is a SLAM dunk.When saying that to canopy


techs, I get we're not allowed to comment on third party gear and I
reply I'm not asking you to, I'm asking you to explain why CANOPY gear 
sucks this bad!  hehe.


Is trango just that much better at dealing with fresnel incursion, or 
trees, or whatever ?   When canopy techs are asked why I


can't get a connection at 8 miles through 2 saplings, they say because
NLOS situations are test and see situations.  Some will work and some 
won't.  OK, I can see that... But which WILL if these don't?


Anyhow, just wonderin if there's someone with canopy experience in my area 
that I could buy lunch / dinner...

R








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Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-21 Thread George
Money wise you may be right, not sure of the entire situation that john 
is involved with.


But the focus today is on fiber. And how the community you serve 
perceives your company is very important.


We talked about fiber in 2001 and today people still ask us when the 
fiber is going to be deployed.
Lately our City has been doing telecommunications studies and fiber is 
the key word.


Everyone who studies the future of broadband and connectivity comes to 
the conclusion that fiber is the technology that has the most potential 
in terms of potential to keep up with and surpass any thing that comes 
down the pike.


When everyone was copper a lot of us isps were  pioneering wireless, now 
that wireless is the hot topic, we need to keep our minds open on what 
is available to deploy and fiber is the other option.


In Johns case, which is similar to mine, Charter is rolling out fiber 
builds.


They are leap frogging ahead.

Charter and Telco is our competition and we have to consider our future 
when considering what we deploy today and what our long term investments 
are.


I believe our initial fiber deployment is the biggest hurdle.

I myself am working towards a fiber build out to jump ahead of what is 
coming down the pike.


I am not saying the end of wireless is in sight, I am saying we need to 
mature our networks to what the future demands will require.


My opinions.

George



Brian Rohrbacher wrote:
Agreed, but if you can do it for 2 grand why spend 12?  If the ebay 
radios are reliable, then skip the fiber in my opinion.  Might as well 
take the 10 grand that is left over and install another 25 subs.  ;)


George wrote:


I do not believe you laying fiber is at all a bad sign to your customers.
You have been on the cutting edge of technology with wireless, why 
would you not do the fiber to continue on with your cutting edge 
technology deployment.


It almost sounds like you believe wireless is better than fiber, but 
we all know fiber/wireless is the end game.


If you are fiber and wireless, you are the cutting edge leader.

My opinion.

George



John Scrivner wrote:

I need some feedback from the collective.  I am looking for a 
backhaul radio link for my main tower. 5.8 Ghz is fully utilized at 
this location. It is only a 1500 foot shot. I would like at least 50 
meg full or 100 meg half duplex. I would like this solution to be 
under $8K or so. 5.3 Ghz is pretty open here. Does a solution exist? 
I can lay fiber for about $12K or so. I am considering doing that but 
I think laying fiber for my main connection when I am a fixed 
broadband wireless provider sends the wrong message to my potential 
customers when Charter is going all over town selling fiber 
connections. I welcome your feedback.

Scriv








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Re: [WISPA] Fw: [TVWHITESPACE] Noteworthy FCC PN and filing deadline

2005-12-21 Thread Bob Moldashel

I don't see the big issue with this.  Inline




Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:


From another list a few of the board members are on.



Can someone take a look at this and see if they can come up with a 
filing? I can help but don't have time to do the whole thing.  I can 
probably also put you in touch with people that can help you with 
details/understanding of the issues.


laters,
Marlon
(509) 982-2181   Equipment sales
(408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services
42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp!
64.146.146.12 (net meeting)
www.odessaoffice.com/wireless
www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam



- Original Message - From: Michael Marcus To: 
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:41 AM
Subject: [TVWHITESPACE] Noteworthy FCC PN and filing deadline


If you check the FCC OET website, there is a
sleeper there that may have a big impact on the whitespace proceeding:



I don't see this sleeper.




12/16/05
Office of Engineering and Techology seeks comment on a Petition for 
Waiver of Part 74 of the Rules, filed by Nuclear Energy Institute and 
United Telcom Council.


PN: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-3216A1.pdf
Petition: 
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdfid_document=6518190717 



Just in time for the holidays my former colleagues released this PN, 
perhaps hoping this group would miss it.


Comment Date: January 17, 2006
Reply Comment Date: January 30, 2006

The PN responds to an 7/20/05 petition from the nuclear power trade 
association, NEI, and the better known UTC asking for permission to 
use Part 74 wireless 2 way systems in nuclear power plants.  Reading 
between the lines, one gets the impression that, like many of the 
wireless mikes, these systems have been used illegally for a while and 
they are now trying to legalize their de facto use.



They have not been used illegally..  They were granted experimental 
special temporary authorizations (STA's) similar to the ones the 
Commission is granting for  3650 MHz..




The petition states on p. 14 (p. 18 of the Acrobat document) 
Accordingly, Petitioners contend that, today, there is no viable 
alternative equipment that would provide the requisite performance 
features necessary to assist in complying with the NRC’s
ALARA mandate.  There is no  discussion of why readily available Part 
90 equipment can not be used for this function.



I disagreethey explicitly state they need handsfree, full duplex 
communications.  There are no portable Part 90 devices that will do that.




Since what they are seeking if hands free wireless connectivity, it 
would appear that many Part 90 systems would meet their need and that 
Part 90 licensing should be easy in the needed locations.  I suspect 
the part 74 equipment is being used because it is cheaper or perhaps 
more readily available.



Well...The Telex stuff is not cheaper that's for sure. And hands free 
equipment uses VOX (voice activated transmit) technology which has a 
habit of cutting off the first or several words of a transmission.  The 
Telex system transmits from the time it is turned on. It transmits on 
one channel and simultaneously receives on the other. Because it is 
transmitting all the time there is no dropping' of words.




So why is this important?  The FCC has a habit of giving UHF TV 
spectrum use to special interests without ever looking at the issues 
in 04-186.  3 years ago there was a sweetheart deal to give Hollywood 
interests special UHF TV spectrum access.  See Section 74.870 if you 
missed it.



I don't see an issue here with this



After a few more of such giveaways, there will either be no whitespace 
or it will be pockmarked with high priority special interests that 
should have been accomodated in Part 90.



No more whitespace??  I don't think so. How many nuclear power 
facilities are there in the US?  104???  OK...How many of them are going 
to be an issue with 50 mw of tx power??  I think its a moot point




I urge the TVWhitespace community to meet the January 17 filing date 
and tell the FCC that the petitioner has failed to justify why other 
alternatives are not available.  Alternatively, any access to TV 
spectrum should be limited to channels 14-20 - already encumbered by 
public safety sharing.



WellTwo things

1.  I don't agree that they have not justified their reason for the 
waiver.  I also believe that they have justified that there are no other 
alternatives available.


2.  I do agree that it may be a possible requirement to limit them to 
the present Public Safety hold backs that are presently in place. 



You may also wish to point out to FCC how the granting of this 
petition would complicate 04-186 proposals when there are other 
alternatives available for the petitioner.



I don't feel this will muddy the water.   Again, the use of 50 mw 
radios 

Re: [WISPA] 48 volt power supplies

2005-12-21 Thread Blair Davis

Try

http://www.wisp-router.com/index.php?cPath=38osCsid=35487c8a3c68aaca1f13a9fe560a0c26

Blair

John Scrivner wrote:

Can anyone hook me up with a source for the 48 volt supplies? I need 
to buy some of those DS3 to Ethernet converters and they require that 
supply. I have never seen them before and need a source. Also, does 
anyone have a manual and/or drawings of the PCOM radios we are buying? 
I need to start reading up on these radios to make sure I know what 
all I need to get them installed. Please help if you have a source of 
information on them. If any of you have experience with the PCOMs and 
DS3 to Ethernet converters I would like to pick your brain on a few 
things.

Many thanks,
Scriv


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Re: [WISPA] 48 volt power supplies

2005-12-21 Thread Brian Rohrbacher

http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10001catalogId=10001langId=-1

These guys carry a lot of stuff.  I've ordered from them.  All the items 
showed up.


Blair Davis wrote:


Try

http://www.wisp-router.com/index.php?cPath=38osCsid=35487c8a3c68aaca1f13a9fe560a0c26 



Blair

John Scrivner wrote:

Can anyone hook me up with a source for the 48 volt supplies? I need 
to buy some of those DS3 to Ethernet converters and they require that 
supply. I have never seen them before and need a source. Also, does 
anyone have a manual and/or drawings of the PCOM radios we are 
buying? I need to start reading up on these radios to make sure I 
know what all I need to get them installed. Please help if you have a 
source of information on them. If any of you have experience with the 
PCOMs and DS3 to Ethernet converters I would like to pick your brain 
on a few things.

Many thanks,
Scriv



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